"You are here to be light..."
Loughton Youth Theatre
LYT is a partnership project between ignite, Roding Valley Community Arts and Epping Forest Arts. It seeks to let children and young people explore their potential through performing arts, primarily in regular two-hour workshop sessions but also in performance and during special holiday projects.
LYT's regular slot is on Thursdays during term time from 7:00-9:00pm (dates for the 2010/11 Academic Year are at the foot of this page). A typical session might include a fun warm-up, a chance to learn or develop new skills, time to work in groups and chances to watch each other perform, as well as plenty of great drama games and working towards peformance pieces. You do need to pre-register before you come along on a Thursday night because space in the groups is limited.
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| Scene from rehearsals of the Godspell Summer Musical Project August 2010 | LYT performs outdoors at Light Up Loughton 2009 to an audience of over 300 | A group learn a number from the hit musical FAME on the set |
LYT is taught by professional drama tutors, assisted by students from East 15 Acting School and members of our LYT Young Leaders programme. It costs £25 per term to take part (or £2.50 a week if you prefer), although as with all ignite activities, if that would difficult for your family to pay, we will offer you a part-subsidised or free place. All new members of LYT receive a free t-shirt that can be worn at weekly sessions and for some performances. New t-shirts for returning members are charged at only £5.
New for this Academic Year, you can also chose what flavour of Thursday night session you'd like to take part in to best up match up to what you'd like to get out of LYT...
- SHOWBIZ: Working on
performance skills, particularly focussing on singing, dance and
musicals.
- DRAMA: Working on
stage skills, exploring different forms of expression and devising
theatre.
- STAGECRAFT: Working
on all aspects of stagecraft and creating a variety of props, costumes,
etc.
You can or you can sign up now. In addition, you can now pay a full term's subscription online via the shopping basket at the foot of this page...
Dates for LYT sessions 2010-11:
| Autumn Term 2010 | Spring Term 2011 | Summer Term 2011 |
| September 23/30 October 7/14/21 November 4/11/18/25 December 2 Performance (SHOWBIZ GROUP ONLY) Friday 26th November 5:00pm Extra Rehearsal (SHOWBIZ GROUP ONLY) Saturday 20th November 2:00-5:00pm |
January 20/27 February 3/10/17 March 3/10/17/24/31 Performance Saturday 26th March 7:30pm Extra Rehearsal Saturday 19th March 2:00-5:00pm |
May 12/19/26 June 9/16/23/30 July 7/14/21 Summer Showcase Saturday 9th July 12-3pm |
The Summer Musical Project for 2011 will run from the 8th to the 19th of August, with the final performance on 19th August at 7:30pm...
Click here for more info on the Summer Project!
"You are here to be light... God is not a secret to be kept."
A short note to explain our short quote...
This is something that a guy called Jesus from a place called Nazareth said, recorded in a book (sometimes called a 'gospel') about Him written by a guy called Matthew about 1900 years ago. Jesus spoke in a language called Aramaic, and Matthew wrote in a language called Hebrew, so it's been translated a bit since it was originally spoken. This translation of Jesus' words is recorded in a version of the Bible called "the Message". We think these words are *really* important; everything ignite does is about letting young people know that they are here to be lights shining in a dark world. It's pretty cool really to think that what one person said nearly 2000 years ago is still changing people's lives even today...